Primary mental healthcare for adults with mild intellectual disabilities: a Dutch database study ...

General practitioners (GPs) are increasingly confronted with people with both mild intellectual disability (MID) and mental health (MH) problems. Little is known about the type of MH problems for which people with MID visit their GP and the care provided. To identify the type and prevalence of MH disorders and MH-related complaints in people with MID in primary care and care provided, compared to people without ID. By linking the Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research’s primary care databases, comprising electronic health records, with Statistic Netherlands’ social services and chr... Mehr ...

Verfasser: Pouls, Katrien P. M.
Koks-Leensen, Monique C. J.
Assendelft, Willem J. J.
Mastebroek, Mathilde
Leusink, Geraline L.
Dokumenttyp: Journal contribution
Erscheinungsdatum: 2022
Verlag/Hrsg.: Taylor & Francis
Schlagwörter: Medicine / Sociology / FOS: Sociology / 69999 Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified / FOS: Biological sciences / Cancer / Science Policy / 111714 Mental Health / FOS: Health sciences
Sprache: unknown
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Link(s) : https://dx.doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.21602582.v1

General practitioners (GPs) are increasingly confronted with people with both mild intellectual disability (MID) and mental health (MH) problems. Little is known about the type of MH problems for which people with MID visit their GP and the care provided. To identify the type and prevalence of MH disorders and MH-related complaints in people with MID in primary care and care provided, compared to people without ID. By linking the Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research’s primary care databases, comprising electronic health records, with Statistic Netherlands’ social services and chronic care databases, we identified 11,887 people with MID. In this four-year retrospective study, MH-related International Classification of Primary Care (ICPC) codes and care characteristics were compared between people with MID and without ID. Of the people with MID, 48.8% had MH problems recorded vs. 30.4% of the people without ID, with significant differences in substance abuse, suicide attempts, and psychosis. Of ...